Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/kla(ː)ʔ

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 This Proto-Austroasiatic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Austroasiatic

Panthera tigris corbetti, the Indochinese tiger.

Etymology

  • Proto-Austroasiatic: *kla(ː)ʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA158)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *klaʔ (Shorto, 2006, #197)

Noun

*kla(ː)ʔ

  1. tiger

Descendants

  • Proto-Aslian: *klaaʔ (Diffloth, 1976)
    • Chewong: kleʔ
    • Jah Hut: kelaq
  • Proto-Bahnaric: *klaː₁ (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Katuic: *kalaa (Sidwell, 2005) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Khasian: *kʰla (Sidwell, 2012) (see there for further descendants)
  • Khmeric:
  • Proto-Monic: *klaaʔ (Diffloth, 1986)
  • Munda
    • Santali: ᱠᱩᱞ (kul)
    • Mundari: (kula)
    • Ho: (kula)
  • → Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *k-la (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Vietic: *kʰaːlʔ < *k-haːlʔ (Ferlus, 2007) (metathesis)
    • Viet-Muong:
      • Muong: khảl
      • North Central Vietnamese: khái
      • → Khmer: ខាល (khaal, “year of the Tiger”)
        • → Thai: ขาล (khan, “year of the Tiger”)

References

  • Shorto, Harry (2006) Sidwell, Paul, Doug Cooper and Christian Bauer, editors, A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Canberra: Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN
  • Sidwell, Paul (2024) “500 Proto Austroasiatic Etyma: Version 1.0”, in Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society‎, volume 17, number 1, pages i–xxxiii
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